Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery (Scrub/Circulate)

kansashealthsystem; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kansas Health System's Olathe Hospital seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) for Surgery (Scrub/Circulate) on days, full-time. The RN coordinates care, educates patients and families, and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, evidence-based practice.

The role emphasizes teaching, leadership, and adherence to nursing standards; ADN is required with a BSN deadline, plus CPR/BLS certification and state licensure.

Qualifications

• ADN required; ADN-to-BSN agreement must be signed by hire date with BSN completion by fifth anniversary.
• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in Kansas; CPR/BLS certification.
• Experience with surgical/OR nursing and patient teaching is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and families, plan teaching, and use teach-back to confirm understanding.
• Maintain professional communication with patients, family, nurses, and clinicians.
• Adhere to medication safety policies and order-writing standards.
• Monitor safety and intervene promptly for patient and staff concerns.
• Demonstrate leadership and mentor teammates within the unit.

Skills

Teaching/education

Communication

Leadership

Medication safety

Teach-back

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

ADN-to-BSN agreement

Tools

CPR/BLS certification

Job description

Position Title

Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery (Scrub/Circulate)Days - Full TimeOlathe Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. He/she provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. He/she integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team. He/she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and age specific needs. He/she practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Accurately assesses patient's/family's readiness to learn, organizes and executes an individualized teaching plan, evaluates patient's understanding using teach back methods; modifies approach as necessary.
• Acts professionally and communicates appropriately when interacting with patients, family members, nurses, and other medical professionals.
• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Consistently meets work schedule.
• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
• Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member. Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area: Unit specific certifications Consultation with experts In-services/rounds Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
• Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate Degree Nursing
• Nurses hired after September 1, 2026, without a BSN will be required to sign an ADN-to-BSN agreement at the time of hire and must complete a BSN degree by the fifth anniversary of hire into this role.

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing OR
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing
• CPR/ AED/ BLS - Other BLS within 14 days
• Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience

Time Type:

Job Requisition ID:

R-33106

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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